课后限时自测(十九)
Ⅰ.语法填空
A couple had been married for over 60 years.They shared everything,talked about everything and kept no secrets __1__ each other except that the woman had a box in a drawer __2__ she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about.
He'd never thought about it ever since.One day __3__ woman got very sick and the doctor said she wouldn't recover.To sort out their affairs,the husband took down the box and __4__(bring)it to his wife's bedside.She agreed it was time that he should know __5__ was in the box.
__6__(open)it,he found two small table mats and a sum of money totaling $25,000.He asked her about the contents,“When we were to be married.”She said,“my grandma told me the secret of a happy __7__(marry)was never to argue,and I should just keep quiet and make a mat __8__ I got angry with you.”
The man was so __9__(move)that he had to fight back tears.She had only been angry with him twice in all those years of living and loving!“Honey,”he said,“that explains the mats,but what about the money?Where did it come from?”
“Oh,”she said,“that's the money I made from selling __10__.”
【语篇解读】 携手走过60多年的老夫妻一直都相敬如宾。而在老妇人最后的日子里,她向丈夫坦